CFP: Four Hundred Years of Reading Don Quixote (8/1/05; 11/4/05)

Four Hundred Years of Reading Don Quixote

November 4, 2005

Idaho State University

Pocatello Idaho

Don Quixote's madness and the adventures spawned by his fertile
imagination are born of his (mis)reading of chivalric romances. Don
Quixote is not the only character in Cervantes's masterpiece who
passionately engages in the act of reading and interpreting the written
and spoken word, as well as signs from the realm of every day
experience. On his chivalric journey Don Quixote encounters numerous
characters of different estates who read (or listen to) and discuss
lyric poetry, ballads, novellas, theatrical works, history, epic,
chivalric romance, hagiography, the Bible, the life stories of their
companions, and the first part of the "history," in which Don Quixote
and Sancho appear as characters. Frequently, both narrator and
characters assess the verbal constructs of others, praising them or
critiquing them for the degree to which they hold the interest of the
reader, listener or spectator, for their fidelity in capturing or
mimicking the reality of the empirical world, for their artistry, for
their didactic content, and for their relative values as commodities. To
commemorate the 400th anniversary of the publication of Part I of Don
Quixote, we invite the submission of abstracts on the image of the
reader in Cervantes's masterpiece. Submissions on teaching the Quixote
are also welcome.

Abstracts (including institutional affiliation and contact information)
by August 1, 2005 to Sharon Sieber, Foreign Language Dept., Campus Box
8381, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209 or email:
siebshar_at_isu.edu

Acceptances will be sent no later than August 15, 2005.

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